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My Meniere's disease journey started in 2012, I first noticed the hearing loss and tinnitus in my left ear so I went to my GP who conducted a simple hearing test and referred me onto the audiologist. After many months of going through the various hearing tests and ear moulds for a hearing aid, I received my ...

"The membership information pack is invaluable and personally I found the low salt diet information and supplies very helpful...
I would also like to express my appreciation of the excellent 'Equilibrium' magazine, in particular its alphabetical coverage of various balance diseases and symptoms. Brilliantly edited"

I remember the night, or rather the early morning before my first Meniere’s attack. I was up until 2am finishing my Maths B assignment. That entire day I had not felt my usual self, but only sleeping for a few hours can do that…
That afternoon Mum was driving me home. We have a long, bumpy and rock ...

"I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to you for your kindness to me . I have had Meniere's disease for over 40 years and was under the impression that it was in the 'burn out' stage, but not so!..
I had the most severe attack ever. After 4 days I was able to telephone Whirled Foundation. ...

My balance disorder hit me in a way it had never before on my way from Copenhagen to Venice in 2009. Vertigo, migraines, horrific dizziness and nausea, blue spots clouding my vision, a high pitched throbbing in my ears, hot flashes, the sickening sensation of falling backwards, all the while with sobering mental cohesion. I couldn’t lift ...